Which Parts Of The Body Need To Be Trained For Kitesurfing?
Kitesurfing is an activity that has seen vast increases in its popularity lately. Incredibly, the sport is seeing its participation levels rise faster than all other water sports according to the sport’s national governing body. It is also one of the fastest growing extreme sports in general, and it seems people are ditching their snowboards in favour of kites, as snowboarding growth has recently been overtaken by this great sport . If you want to take up the activity however, you’re body better be in pretty good condition. Here are the key areas you will need to work on.
- Upper Body Strength. This is arguable the most important element of your body fitness that you will need to work on. The majority of effort in the sport comes from the muscles of the upper body and so these are required to be developed in order to properly control yourself and the kite. Your “deltoids” or shoulder muscles are the main ones that need developing. These are responsible for a lot of the movements and are also stabilising muscles. You’ll also need to work on your upper back muscles and the ones that make up the chest
- Core Strength. because the sport is largely about moving your body around under dynamic force conditions, you body should have well developed core stabilizing muscles. Using a Swiss Ball is one way to effectively develop core muscle efficiency. You will probably have to add weights into you core workouts though in order to replicate the strains you will experience whilst out on the water. Often the kite will want to pull you in a direction you do not want to go so it will be your developed core strength that will let you remain planted
- Aerobic Fitness. Whilst most people may not think the sport is aerobically based, work will still need to done on your lungs and heart. Various muscles groups will be under pressure constantly and so will be screaming out of large quantities of oxygen and will likely be producing substantial amounts of lactic acid and CO2. Without strong lung and heart function to get the oxygen around the body and take way the bi-products from the system, fatigue will kick in quickly. Running or swimming are great ways to work on your cardiovascular system.
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